Definition
a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
Traditional renderings: afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Traditional renderings: afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָטָה:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
214 total
- Joshua 8:18נְ֠טֵה · Hold out; וַיֵּ֧ט · held outThen the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,
- Joshua 8:19כִּנְט֣וֹת · and as soon as he did so…and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
- Joshua 8:26נָטָ֖ה · heldJoshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.
- Joshua 24:23וְהַטּוּ֙ · and incline“Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
- Judges 4:11וַיֵּ֣ט · and had pitchedNow Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
- Judges 9:3וַיֵּ֤ט · were inclinedAnd when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
- Judges 16:30וַיֵּ֣ט · Then he pushedSamson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
- Judges 19:8נְט֣וֹת · late afternoonOn the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.
- 1 Samuel 8:3וַיִּטּ֖וּ · they turned aside; וַיַּטּ֖וּ · and pervertingBut his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
- 1 Samuel 14:7נְטֵ֣ה · Go aheadHis armor-bearer replied, “Do all that is in your heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
- 2 Samuel 2:19נָטָ֣ה · turning…and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.
- 2 Samuel 2:21נְטֵ֤ה · TurnSo Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
- 2 Samuel 3:27וַיַּטֵּ֤הוּ · pulled him asideWhen Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 6:10וַיַּטֵּ֣הוּ · it asideSo he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
- 2 Samuel 6:17נָטָה־ · had pitchedSo they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 16:22וַיַּטּ֧וּ · So they pitchedSo they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
- 2 Samuel 19:14וַיַּ֛ט · So he swayedSo he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”
- 2 Samuel 21:10וַתַּטֵּ֨הוּ · and spread it outAnd Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
- 2 Samuel 22:10וַיֵּ֥ט · He partedHe parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
- 1 Kings 2:28נָטָה֙ · had conspired; נָטָ֑ה · withWhen the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
- 1 Kings 8:42הַנְּטוּיָ֑ה · and outstretched…for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
- 1 Kings 8:58לְהַטּ֥וֹת · May He inclineMay He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
- 1 Kings 11:2יַטּ֣וּ · they will turnThese women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
- 1 Kings 11:3וַיַּטּ֥וּ · awayHe had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
- 1 Kings 11:4הִטּ֣וּ · turnedFor when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
- 1 Kings 11:9נָטָ֣ה · had turned awayNow the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
- 2 Kings 17:36נְטוּיָ֖ה · and an outstretchedInstead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
- 2 Kings 19:16הַטֵּ֨ה · InclineIncline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
- 2 Kings 20:10לִנְט֖וֹת · to lengthen“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”
- 2 Kings 21:13וְנָטִ֣יתִי · I will stretch outI will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.
- 1 Chronicles 13:13וַיַּטֵּ֕הוּ · instead, he tookSo he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
- 1 Chronicles 15:1וַיֶּט־ · and pitchedDavid constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
- 1 Chronicles 16:1נָֽטָה־ · had pitchedSo they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
- 1 Chronicles 21:10נֹטֶ֣ה · am offering“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
- 1 Chronicles 21:16נְטוּיָ֖ה · stretched outWhen David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
- 2 Chronicles 1:4נָֽטָה־ · he had pitchedNow David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 6:32הַנְּטוּיָ֑ה · and outstretchedAnd as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
- Ezra 7:28הִטָּה־ · and who has shown…and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.
- Ezra 9:9וַֽיַּט־ · but He has extendedThough we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
- Job 9:8נֹטֶ֣ה · stretches outHe alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
- Job 15:25נָטָ֣ה · he has stretched outFor he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
- Job 15:29יִטֶּ֖ה · overspreadHe will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
- Job 23:11אָֽט׃ · turning asideMy feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
- Job 24:4יַטּ֣וּ · They pushThey push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
- Job 26:7נֹטֶ֣ה · He stretches outHe stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
- Job 31:7תִּטֶּ֣ה · have turnedIf my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
- Job 36:18יַטֶּֽךָּ׃ · lead you astrayBe careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.